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Restes du château

Magnat-l'Etrange, Creuse, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château (restes du) (cad. AB 125) : inscription par arrêté du 1er juin 1943
Protection dates
1943/06/01 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Magnat-l'Etrange
Département
Creuse
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.79407, 2.27906
Mérimée reference
PA00100101

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le donjon, construit en 1248, fut démoli par les Anglais puis reconstruit en 1360. Différentes campagnes postérieures (13e, 14e, fin 15e, 16e siècles) achèvent l'évolution de cette demeure, transformée au 19e siècle (modification des ouvertures, crépi, établissement de lucarnes...). L'ancien château est formé d'un corps de logis de deux étages, allongé entre deux pavillons en légère saillie aux extrémités de la façade méridionale, où ils forment ailes en retour. Au centre de la façade nord est accolé un pavillon rectangulaire renfermant l'escalier desservant les étages, dont les montées droites sont limitées par une balustrade en fer forgé d'époque Louis XIII.

English translation

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The keep, built in 1248, was demolished by the English then rebuilt in 1360. Various later campaigns (13th, 14th, late 15th, 16th centuries) complete the evolution of this residence, transformed in the 19th century (modification of openings, render, establishment of dormers...). The old castle is formed of a dwelling body of two storeys, lengthened between two pavilions in slight projection at the extremities of the southern facade, where they form return wings. At the centre of the north facade is attached a rectangular pavilion containing the staircase serving the storeys, whose straight flights are limited by a wrought iron balustrade of the Louis XIII period.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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